He had become the devil he once advocated.Wednesday, May 30, 2007
Saturday, May 26, 2007
5.26
I haven't had enough time to myself lately to get on the computer at home and play with PS/tablet, so, back to basics! Ballpoint, non-repro pencil, Pitt pens (fuck Micron) etc. I was able to talk my job into getting me a scanner as a "work expense" so now I can scan the stuff I draw while I'm here. From this week:
Thursday, May 24, 2007
9-12
So if you've seen me in person in the past 10 months, chances are I had a 3.5" x 5.5" Moleskin notebook on me and you didn't even know it. Usually these puppies only see action when I'm riding the bus, and even then it's only when I don't suspect the person next to me will glance at it. Anywho, I was looking through my stack of these notebooks and ran across a page I thought I would post.
In case you couldn't tell that bottom has a puppy chasing a rabbit, the middle has a bunch of potatos [sic] "getting the fuck out of there," and the top has some crappy guys holding some stuff.
In case you couldn't tell that bottom has a puppy chasing a rabbit, the middle has a bunch of potatos [sic] "getting the fuck out of there," and the top has some crappy guys holding some stuff.
Thursday, May 17, 2007
5.17
Huzzah!
Reference is for suckas! Look, I even threw a CHAIR in that biotch!
....I think I need a new "background" shtick.
....Is her head too big?
EDIT: I thought it might be fun to sort of compare notes, so I threw together this little thing that documents how I've been approaching sketching in Photoshop. If any of you sees something I could do to improve, can make suggestions/recommendations, or want to critique some crucial error I'm making in my process, I'd love to hear it. Fuck, if you want to make your own to share, EVEN BETTER!
My Process!
{blah blah blah, filler text because that link is really hard to notice when it's at the bottom of the post}
Reference is for suckas! Look, I even threw a CHAIR in that biotch!
....I think I need a new "background" shtick.
....Is her head too big?
EDIT: I thought it might be fun to sort of compare notes, so I threw together this little thing that documents how I've been approaching sketching in Photoshop. If any of you sees something I could do to improve, can make suggestions/recommendations, or want to critique some crucial error I'm making in my process, I'd love to hear it. Fuck, if you want to make your own to share, EVEN BETTER!
My Process!
{blah blah blah, filler text because that link is really hard to notice when it's at the bottom of the post}
Saturday, May 12, 2007
Friday, May 11, 2007
5.11
"Boogey boogey boogey!"
Working the Midnight to 8am shifts at work, so I haven't had much time to spend with Photoshop the last couple of days. I'm tired as hell, but I at least wanted to play around for an hour for routines sake.
Must learn to render!
Sorry I'm monopolizing the blog, Ryan.
...Sorry you're not, Kevin.
Working the Midnight to 8am shifts at work, so I haven't had much time to spend with Photoshop the last couple of days. I'm tired as hell, but I at least wanted to play around for an hour for routines sake.
Must learn to render!
Sorry I'm monopolizing the blog, Ryan.
...Sorry you're not, Kevin.
Thursday, May 10, 2007
Tuesday, May 08, 2007
What what say life's a beach...
Tonight's doodle:
And the reference photo, which I should have paid a lot more attention to. :/
As embarrassing as this is, I actually think I learned a lot while doing it. Primarily, there's a lot to be said for simplicity. I noodled around too much over rendering, when in the end, what I believe to be the most successful parts are the sand, the palm tree shadow, and parts of the tree, where I kept it simple. Overall, it wasn't turning out TOO terribly for awhile, until in addition to the excessive scribbling of "detail", I tried to add in the clouds and the water. I really need to learn how to render those things, I know there are plenty of tutorials out there, but I kind of wanted to just speed paint.
Ah well, it was fun, and like I said, I think I'm learning things slowly.
More to come later in the week most likely.
And the reference photo, which I should have paid a lot more attention to. :/
As embarrassing as this is, I actually think I learned a lot while doing it. Primarily, there's a lot to be said for simplicity. I noodled around too much over rendering, when in the end, what I believe to be the most successful parts are the sand, the palm tree shadow, and parts of the tree, where I kept it simple. Overall, it wasn't turning out TOO terribly for awhile, until in addition to the excessive scribbling of "detail", I tried to add in the clouds and the water. I really need to learn how to render those things, I know there are plenty of tutorials out there, but I kind of wanted to just speed paint.
Ah well, it was fun, and like I said, I think I'm learning things slowly.
More to come later in the week most likely.
Monday, May 07, 2007
5.7
Tonights experiments, for better or worse. I really wish I felt more confident controlling the stylus. Right now it's not much more manageable than a mouse, which is why I have to resort to these lazy ass compositions. Luckily, I possess two important character traits: lazer eyes, and, more importantly, stick-to-it-iveness!
Saturday, May 05, 2007
Beware the green eyed monster!
Fucking around in Photoshop (as I've been doing into the wee hours of the morning the last couple of nights). The digital "painting" hasn't been coming along very well, so before hanging it up out of frustration, I just started freehand drawing without a plan. I was kind of pleasantly surprised with it, which almost never happens:
I mean, I'm sure someone will come back and tell me she looks like a dude, and I think the mouth, jaw, shoulders and neck may be pretty badly off...but for my current skill level, as freehand line art with no reference, I'm not terribly disappointed with myself this time.
Seriously though, if you spot something that's wonky or could be improved, please tell me. I really, really want to get better at digital art. And kickball.
Have a good weekend d00ds.
I mean, I'm sure someone will come back and tell me she looks like a dude, and I think the mouth, jaw, shoulders and neck may be pretty badly off...but for my current skill level, as freehand line art with no reference, I'm not terribly disappointed with myself this time.
Seriously though, if you spot something that's wonky or could be improved, please tell me. I really, really want to get better at digital art. And kickball.
Have a good weekend d00ds.
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